Pearl Harbor Nurse Remembered on 77th Anniversary of Attack

U.S. Army Nurse Rhoda Weller of Manitowoc is remembered by her son, Michael, on this the 77th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Seehafer News spoke this week with Michael Weller about his mother’s role in the war effort, and her presence in Hawaii on that fateful day. Michael tells us that on the same day in 1941 that his late mom received word on a job at a very prestigious obstetric hospital in Ohio, she also heard from Uncle Sam.

Eventually, Rhoda Weller’s Army orders took her to the Hawaiian islands where all was well until the night shift on December 6th was wrapping up, and she was taking care of a corpsman who had pneumonia.

One of the highlights in her diary was meeting First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Rhoda Weller entered the Army as a 23 year old 2nd lieutenant and came out as a captain. She was a registered nurse for the rest of her adult working life raised a family with her husband, also a U.S. Army veteran from Chilton and passed away in 2001.